A Study on the Promotion of Ocean, Leisure and Tourism through Surfboard Competition-Example of the Busan Haeundae District Office Beach Coming Surf Festival

Abstract

This study conducted a literature research and qualitative analysis on the revitalization of surfboards and marine leisure tourism industry among marine leisure sports.A total of five people were selected as candidates for the competition and interviewed by marine sports officials as subjects of the study. The collected data resulted in the following: First, beach events such as dragon boats, banana boats, yachts and surfing expose active tourists to high risk of accidents. Therefore, it is necessary to secure safety by dividing the seven beaches owned by Busan or implementing a day-to-day system for each event. Second, marine sports events were found to be only at the level of experience rather than actual activation due to the exorbitant cost of participation or insufficient equipment loans. Therefore, it is necessary to support easy-to-access sports such as surfing boards by making lessons simple and relatively inexpensive. Detailed research on marine sports by gender and age is expected to improve marine sports in the future.